Bad Faith: Chris Hedges & Richard Wolff: Have Bernie, the Squad, & the Institutional Left Failed Us?

On this special 100th episode of Bad Faith podcast with Briahna Joy Gray, Chris Hedges and Prof Wolff discuss the "institutional left".

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The World According to Jesse: Road to Economic Recovery

In this segment on the World According to Jesse, Professor Richard Wolff talks about inflation and the road to economic recovery.

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Boom Bust: Oil, Bitcoin Rally on Optimism & Kamala Harris Visits Vietnam

Boom Bust covers Southeast Asia, where U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is touring the region. Professor Richard Wolff joins the program to discuss her latest stop in Vietnam and analyzes the state of vaccine diplomacy around the world.

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The Socialist Program: Hunger Stalks America as Capitalists Cash in: Food, Farming and Capitalism (Part 3)

Prof. Wolff joins Brian Becker on The Socialist Program to continue a series on agriculture under capitalism with a focus on the hunger crisis in the United States. How is it possible that in the richest country ever tens of millions are deprived of something as basic as food?

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TRANSFORM PODCAST: Transforming Capitalism, Part 1

Prof Wolff has a discussion with Marianne Williamson on TRANSFORM PODCAST for part 1 of Transforming Capitalism. 

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Letters and Politics: The State of the Economy and American Decline

Prof. Wolff joins KPFA's Letters and Politics to discuss the state of the economy and American decline. 
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Economic Update: Liberating Technology from Capitalism

[S11 E31] New

On this week's show, Prof. Wolff provides updates on two small labor victories (Vermont's AFL-CIO and 4000 pork-processing meat cutters in Sioux Falls), how global capitalism became even more unequal during the pandemic, Iceland's move to...READ MORE

Explaining 21st-Century Capitalism in a Way Everyone Can Understand

Article by Richard D. Wolff

"Every other economic system in human history was born, evolved, and ceased to exist at some point. The most reasonable expectation is that capitalism, having been born and evolved, will also cease to exist one day."

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Thom Hartmann: What's the Debt & Deficit & Is it Concerning?

Republicans and "conservative" democrats are freaking out about the national debt, particularly WRT the $3.5 TN infrastructure bill. What's the deficit, the debt, and why should we care or not care? What do you think of the MMT theory that we can just issue $1 TN platinum coins to reduce the debt? Prof Wolff joins the Thom Hartmann program. 

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Boom Bust: US Freezes Afghan Funds

Just days after the Taliban seized full control of Afghanistan, the United States has frozen billions of dollars in Afghan wealth. Professor Richard Wolff joins Boom Bust to lend his analysis of the government's measures to counter the new Afghan leadership. 

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Socialist Program: Food, Farming & Capitalism Pt 2

Prof. Wolff joins Brian Becker on the Socialist Program to continue a multi-part series on agriculture under capitalism. This week, they focus on the evolution of the system of factory farming and the effect it has on workers and nature.

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The Hill: Biden SNAP Program PROVIDES $1/Day To Nation’s POOREST, Child Tax Credit NECESSARY

Prof Wolff joins Rising on the Hill TV to discuss the Biden administration's permanent increase in the levels of food stamps available to families in need.

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act.tv: How The Fed Could Stop The Climate Catastrophe

Environmental Activists are working to get the Federal Reserve to stop funding the climate change-related death of us all! And just in time, as the new IPCC report released this week suggests things are not looking good. Prof Wolff joins Julianna Forlano on act.tv. 

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Economic Update: Chile's Feminist Social Revolution

[S11 E30] New

On this week's show, Prof. Wolff discusses the election of a socialist, African-American woman as new mayor in Buffalo, NY; US unemployment insurance's meager support for jobless; Teamsters target Amazon workers...READ MORE


George Gammon: Marxism Deep Dive, Socialism vs. Capitalism, A Solution To Corporatism

Prof Wolff joins George Gammon to discuss Marxism, Socialism, Capitalism, and a Solution To Corporatism. 

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Marianne Williamson: Capitalism Run Amok

Prof Wolff joins Marianne Williamson on her podcast in analyzing the deficiencies of modern capitalism, articulating the benefits of a socialist system and the road to a more equitable society. 

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Zero Hour: For New Infrastructure, a New System

Professor Wolff joins Zero Hour with RJ Eskow to discuss new infrastructure. 

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Rolling Stone: Julian Casablancas Breaks Down Capitalism and Marxism With Economist Richard Wolff on ‘S.O.S.’

Prof. Wolff sits down virtually with Julian Casablancas in the Strokes singer’s Rolling Stone interview series S.O.S. — Earth Is a MessCasablancas and Wolff talk about Marxism, capitalism, wealth inequality, the current state of America, and more.

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Breaking Points: The Working Class is WAKING UP

Professor Wolff joins Krystal Ball and guest host Kyle Kulinski on Breaking Points to break down the Biden economy and the awakening of the working class. 

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The Socialist Program: Food, Farming & Capitalism

Prof. Wolff joins Brian Becker on The Socialist Program to begin a multi-part series on agriculture under capitalism. Under this system, the most basic necessity of life -- food -- is turned into a source of profit dominated by a smaller and smaller number of agribusiness corporations. Environmental destruction and enormous waste are built into the capitalist agriculture system while hundreds of millions around the globe still go hungry.

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Prof Wolff on The West Wing Thing

Professor Richard D. Wolff joins The West Wing Thing for the Season 5 wrap up to discuss Talking Points, the West Wing's NAFTA episode.

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Economic Update: A US Left Rises to Remake the World

[S11 E29] New

On this week's show, Prof. Wolff presents updates on "The Friends" reunion and what it teaches, how China outmaneuvers US tariffs, etc., and how Yellow Vests plus French unions defeated...READ MORE


Boom Bust: NLRB finds Amazon labor law violations

Could Amazon's Bessemer, Alabama facility soon see a re-vote on its labor union drive? Professor Richard Wolff joins Boom Bust to lend his analysis of the process and the potential for a mulligan. 

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Prof. Wolff on Tavis Smiley

Prof. Wolff joins Tavis Smiley on KBLA to lay out the 200-plus-year history of capitalism and explain how we got to this point.

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The Socialist Program: Capitalist Media Monopolies Are the Enemy of Democracy

On The Socialist Program with Brain Becker, Prof Wolff continues a series of discussions about the basics of Marxism, focusing today on the corporate-owned media. The majority of the media in the United States is owned by six giant corporations -- What does this tell us about the so-called “free press”?

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